February 8
SRI LANKA:
Sri Lanka President Confirms Death Penalty For Drug Convicts
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had declared war on drug traffickers
in the country, as he insisted on imposing a death penalty on convicted drug
traffickers within the next 2 months.
The
February 8
ALABAMAexecution
Alabama executes Domineque Ray for 1995 Selma murder
Alabama death row inmate Domineque Ray died by lethal injection Thursday
evening.
Prison officials recorded his time of death as 10:12 p.m.
Ray was executed after an 11th-hour ruling from the U.S.